Cheap and Nasty? The Potential Perils of Using Management Costs to Identify Global Conservation Priorities

摘要: The financial cost of biodiversity conservation varies widely around the world and such costs should be considered when identifying countries to best focus investments. Previous global prioritizations have been based on models for protected area management costs, but this metric may related other factors that negatively influence effectiveness social impacts conservation. Here we investigate relationships first show with low predicted are less politically stable. Local support capacity can mitigate instability, also found these civil society involvement in Therefore, externally funded projects must rely government agencies implementation. This problematic, as our analyses governments score poorly indices corruption, bureaucratic quality human rights. Taken together, results demonstrate using national-level estimates set priorities is simplistic, apparently low-cost likely succeed more negative people. We identify need an improved approach develop metrics better capture true avoiding or overcoming problems. Critically, scientists engage practitioners understand implement context-specific solutions. assumes measures like value, organization specific, would bring a much-needed reducing benefit people biodiversity.